Campaigning to end animal cruelty
Animal Equality leads strategic campaigns to end animal cruelty
UK Campaigns
Foie Gras
Foie gras production involves the brutal practice of force-feeding ducks and geese by inserting a tube down their throats, causing extreme suffering as they are made to ingest far more than they naturally would. While this cruel process is banned in the UK, foie gras continues to be imported. Animal Equality is campaigning to end this hypocrisy by banning the import and sale of products made by force-feeding in the UK.
Dairy
Around 2.6 million cows are used for their milk every year in the UK. A growing number of them will never step foot on grass and or see a pasture. Through a series of investigations inside the British dairy industry, Animal Equality is campaigning to expose the cruelty of dairy farms in the United Kingdom and inspire people to move towards plant-based alternatives.
Law Enforcement
Over more than a decade, Animal Equality has investigated 43 UK farms and slaughterhouses, finding prolonged animal suffering, deliberate abuse or neglect, and/or illegality taking place every single time. Animal Equality’s evidentiary footage is a growing indictment of a failing industry. Animal Equality is campaigning for improved monitoring and enforcement of existing animal welfare laws and for increased legal protections to be put in place for farmed animals. Read our Enforcement Problem report here. Over 190,000 people have signed our petition.
Salmon
The Scottish salmon industry is facing a growing crisis. For years, salmon on farms have been dying in their droves. In 2023, a staggering 17.4 million farmed fish died before reaching the slaughterhouse. Animal Equality is campaigning for the Scottish Government to hold the salmon industry accountable and cease granting planning permissions for new fish farming facilities in Scotland.
Farmed Fish
Up to 77 million fish are farmed and killed each year in the UK – that’s approximately 210,959 per day. There is an abundance of scientific evidence highlighting that farmed fish have an ability to feel joy and to feel pain. Despite this, fish currently suffer on farms in huge numbers due to a lack of specific, meaningful protections in law. Animal Equality is calling on the UK Government to implement news laws to protect fish and make CCTV mandatory in fish slaughterhouses.
International Campaigns
END HORSE SLAUGHTER
Horses are slaughtered all around the world for human consumption. In the European Union alone, 250,000 horses are slaughtered every year. Animal Equality is campaigning internationally for horse slaughter to be banned.
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